SM UB-41
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-41.
 SM UB-45 a u-boat similar to UB-41 | |
| Career (German Empire) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | UB-41 |
| Ordered: | 22 July 1915[1] |
| Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[1] |
| Cost: | 1,152,000 German Papiermark[2] |
| Yard number: | 265[3] |
| Launched: | 6 May 1916[3] |
| Completed: | 25 August 1916[3] |
| Commissioned: | 25 August 1916[4] |
| Fate: | sunk by mine 5 October 1917[4] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | German Type UB II submarine |
| Displacement: | 274 t (270 long tons) surfaced[2] 303 t (298 long tons) submerged[2] |
| Length: | 36.9 m (121 ft 1 in)[2] |
| Beam: | 437 m (1,433 ft 9 in)[2] |
| Draft: | 3.69 m (12 ft 1 in)[2] |
| Propulsion: | 2 × propeller shafts 2 × Körting diesel engines, 284 shp (212 kW)[2] 2 × Siemens-Schuckert electric motor, 280 shp (210 kW)[2] |
| Speed: | 9.06 knots (16.78 km/h; 10.43 mph) surfaced[2] 5.71 knots (10.57 km/h; 6.57 mph) submerged[2] |
| Range: | 7,030 nautical miles (13,020 km; 8,090 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) surfaced[2] 45 nmi (83 km; 52 mi) at 4 knots submerged[2] |
| Test depth: | 50 m (160 ft)[2] |
| Complement: | 2 officers, 21 men[2] |
| Armament: | 2 × 50 cm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes[2] 4 × torpedoes (later 6) 1 × 5 cm SK L/40 gun[2] |
| Notes: | 42-second diving time[2] |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
Imperial German Navy: II Flotilla 2 Nov 1916 – 13 Sep 1917 V Flotilla 13 Sep 1917 – 5 Oct 1917 |
| Commanders: |
Oblt Friedrich Karl Sichart von Sichartshofen[5] 25 Aug 1916 - 20 Mar 1917 Oblt Günther Krause[6] 21 Mar 1917 - 13 Sep 1917 Oblt Max Ploen[7] 14 Sep 1917 - 5 Oct 1917 |
| Operations: | 13 patrols |
| Victories: |
8 merchant ships sunk (8,387 gross register tons (GRT)) 2 merchant ships damaged (641 gross register tons (GRT)) 1 merchant ships captured as a prize (259 gross register tons (GRT)) |
SM UB-41 was a German Type UB II submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 22 July 1915 and launched on 6 May 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 25 August 1916 as SM UB-41.[Note 1]
The submarine sank 8 ships in 13 patrols. They included the William Cory and Son collier SS Harrow, which UB-41 torpedoed in the North Sea off Robin Hood's Bay on 8 September 1917. UB-41 was struck by a mine, possibly a German one, and sank in the North Sea on 5 October 1917.[4]
Summary of Raiding Career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 November 1916 | Thyholmen |  Norway |
259 | Captured as a prize |
| 18 January 1917 | Cetus |  United Kingdom |
139 | Damaged |
| 19 April 1917 | Ellida | Norway |
1,124 | Sunk |
| 22 May 1917 | Lanthorn | United Kingdom |
2,299 | Sunk |
| 23 May 1917 | Monarch | Norway |
1,318 | Sunk |
| 12 June 1917 | Alwyn | United Kingdom |
73 | Sunk |
| 13 June 1917 | Silverburn | United Kingdom |
284 | Sunk |
| 14 June 1917 | Angantyr |  Denmark |
1,359 | Sunk |
| 6 August 1917 | Talisman | United Kingdom |
153 | Sunk |
| 8 September 1917 | Harrow | United Kingdom |
1,777 | Sunk |
| 3 October 1917 | Clydebrae | United Kingdom |
502 | Damaged |
Notes
- ↑ "SM" stands for "Seiner Majestät" (English: His Majesty's) and combined with the U for Unterseeboot would be translated as His Majesty's Submarine.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rössler 1979, p. 64.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 Gröner 1985, p. 50.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Rössler 1979, p. 65.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Gröner 1985, p. 51.
- ↑ "Friedrich Karl Sichart von Sichartshofen". uboat.net. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ↑ "Günther Krause". uboat.net. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ↑ "Max Ploen". uboat.net. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ↑ "SM UB-41 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
Bibliography
- Gröner, Erich (1985). U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher. Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe, 1815-1945 (in German) III (Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-4802-4.
- Bendert, Harald (2000). Die UB-Boote der Kaiserlichen Marine, 1914-1918. Einsätze, Erfolge, Schicksal (in German). Hamburg: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH. ISBN 3-8132-0713-7.
- Rössler, Eberhard (1979). U-Bootbau bis Ende des 1. Weltkrieges, Konstruktionen für das Ausland und die Jahre 1935 - 1945. Die deutschen U-Boote und ihre Werften (in German) I (Munich: Bernard & Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-5213-7.
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Coordinates: 54°18′N 0°21′W / 54.300°N 0.350°W